[jhpigott]

Yep, expected. I bet the folks in the Pentagon are burning the midnight oil. More detail from Yonhap -

Yonhap latest headlines:

(URGENT) S. Korean military declares emergency alert following death of Kim Jong-il 12-19 12:17
(URGENT) S. Korean gov’t shifts to emergency footing on news of N.K. leader’s death 12-19 12:14

[moviefan8]

I imagine our forces are on alert too. May they and South Korea be safe.

[MonicaG]

We still have 30k troops in the DMZ? Prayers up.

[gogogodzilla]

I swear to G-d, our forces in South Korea freak out at the drop of a hat.

“EEK, lil Kimmie died! DEFCON 1, NOW NOW NOW!!!”

G-d forbid they actually decide to look at the alert posture of the North Korean forces before making any sort of decision on this crap!

General Buck Turgidson would be proud.